Mountains of debt : crisis and change in Renaissance Florence, Victorian Britain, and postwar America
This text surveys the growth and decline of the economies of Renaissance Florence and of Victorian Britain, and relates their experiences to that of the USA in recent decades, a period notable for accumulating public debt
Case studies
1 online resource (vii, 246 pages)
9780195362459, 9781280524912, 0195362454, 128052491X
457241745
PROLOGUE; 1. Structural Change and Fiscal Crisis; 2. Renaissance Florence: Death, Birth, and the Fifth Element; 3. Mountains of Debt and the Heart of Florence; 4. Simple Patterns: Britain and the Industrial Revolution; 5. The Odious Tax and the Standing Miracle; 6. The American Century and the American Crisis; 7. The Changing Structure of American Government; 8. The New Mountains of Debt; 9. Saddle Points; 10. Changing Directions; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
English
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